Cash register and indicator



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J. s. HILLIARD. CASH REGISTER AND INDICATOR.

No. 506,233. Patented 003. 10, 1893.

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J. S. H'ILLIARD. @ASH REGISTER AND INDIGAT'OR.

No. 506,233. PatentedOct. 10,' 1893.

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PAT-ENT Orefice;

JonN s. nir-.mixen or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

`CASH,mac.lsrlsia AND lNDloATo'R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 506,233, dated. OctoberU3, 1893,

Application mea em 29. 1892. sean Nt.' 450,327. (No moist) v To all whomit 'may concern:

Beit known that l, JOHN SQIIILLIARDfa' citizen of the United States,residing at the city of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia andState of Pennsylvania, have invented certain 'n ew Vand useful improveinents in Cash-Registers, of which the following is aspecification.'

The principal objects of my invention 'are first, to provide vacomparatively si mple, durable and accurate or reliable cash registeringappliance; and second, to p rovide a cash registering appliance havingthe component or operative parts thereof greatlysimpiified and the costof product-ion thereby appreciably reduced Without sacrificing oraffecting the reliability and accurate registering and efficient workingthereof.

-lVlyinvention consists of ay cash registering appliance having aregistering wheel or wheels actuated through the instrumentality ofpawl-` and-ratchet Iconnections by a hand-crank controlling an arm orprojection caused to engage a locking device susceptible of release topermit of access being had to the cash drawer of the appliance; andmyinvention further consists ofthe improvements in a cash regis4 teringappliance substantially as' hereinafter described and claimed.

The nature and general features' of my inventlon will be more fullyunderstood from the following description taken in connection with theaccompanying d rawings forming part l central 'section of theregistering mechanism,

showing twof'plates separated by distance pieces. Fig; 3,'isanelevational viewof the registering mechanism having the front plateremoved. Figa, is an elevational viewof the rear plate of theregistering mechanism; and.

Fig. 5., is a perspective view illustrating lthe cash drawer-and itsejecting spring.

,In the drawings a, is the exterior housing provided with upper andlower compartments a and a2, separated by a partition as. The uppercompartment a', is provided with'a hlllgd lid or cover a, having e.lock, not

shown, for securing it in closed position. The lower compartment a2, isadapted iorthe ireception of a money drawer 0,5, and is-'prd videdwith'an ejecting spring o, tending to open the drawer. l

11,'is a s-pxing-catch secured to the under side of the partition CL3,and tending to engage a lip 1)', on thedrawer fc5.

b2, is a back-stop for limiting the range of downward-motion of thespringeatch l).

e, isa lever. centrally pivoted to a suitable bearinge, secured to thepartition of. One extremity of this lever e,fls provided with a pin e2,that engages a yoke b3, on 'the spring catch b, and the other extremitythereot is provided with ay lip e3, for a "nrposc to be presentlydescribed.

In a suitable opening in the front of 'the upper compartment of, aresecured frontand back platesfand-f. These plates are separated bydistance-pieces f2, some of 'which are tapped for the reception of thescrews ft, whereby the plates are secured to place in the front wall ofthe'housing.

g, isa revoluble shaft ranging' transversely of the platesfand f', andhaving one of its extremities journaled to' the bach-plate f', and theother of its extremities supported in a manner to'loe presentlydescribed..

h, isa hand-crank accessible from the enn terior of the appliance andkeyed or othen wise rigidly connected with the sha-ft g.

i, is an arm located between theplates j" and f', and keyed to the shaftg. (A This 'arm @projects into range of the lip ci, of the lever-arm e,andl is disposed in. line with the hand-crank h, so that when 'thiscrankis in contact with its back-stop it, the arm. t', de* presses the lipes, thus lifting the springcatch b, and consequently permitting thespring de, to open the money-drawen i'efore thegarni e', unlocks the'moneydrawer o1-it contacts with oneextremity of a centrally pivoted iever t', and thus causes the olappcr or hammer 2, connected with theother portion of the lever-arm t", to strike and sound the bell i3,suitably connected with the platef". Upon the reverse movement ci' theband-crank lz,

the arm '11, is shifted out of range oi the leverY i", so that theclapper or hammer e?, moves' under the'intluenee of a spring fi",awayfrom the gong or bell t3, Without sounding it.

j, ls a registering wheel loosely mounted upon the revoluble shaftg,:1ndprovided with n hub journaled in the front plate j", and adapted toconstitute a sent forthe front portion of said shaft.

j', is a ratchet-wheel keyed orotherwise secured to the hubot theregistering wheel j, and located between the plate f. and the hand-crank7L.

j, is a spring actuated pawl carriedtby the hund-crank 7L, and adaptedto permit of the rotation ol."v the registering wheeljmhrough theinstrumentality ot' the ratchet-wheel j only when the hand-crank h, isshifted in the direction indicated bythe arrow in Fig. l. The rear face-of the registering wheel j, is provided with numerals that are visiblesingly from the upper compartment a', through a windowfs, inthe platof', fora purpose to be presently described. The registering wheel y, isprovided with teeth corresponding in number and position with thenumerals there- 0n and adapted to co-operate with a spring actuateddetentj, in order to prevent retrograde or accidental mlovemcnt of theregistering wheel.

k, is a second registering wheel journaled between the plates fand f,andprovided with a spring actuated detent k2.

k', is an index-arm ortrailereonnected with the registeringwheel 7c, andadapted to cooperate with numerals disposed, upon the rear face of theplatef, and visible from the interior of the upper compartment a', forpurV poses to be presently'described.

73, are radially disposed pins projecting from the inner face ofthe-registering wheelj, and

respectivelyadapted to "mesh with the teeth 0f the wheel lait beingunderstood that for this purpose the wheelsj and 7c, are located indifferent planes. In the present instance the dial upon the face of theplatef, is provided with the numerals from Oto 190 andwithintermediatedivision lines. The registering wheel j, has forty teeth andis provided upon its rear face with two series of numerals ranging from0 to 95, and the radial pins `fare placed at the numerals 95. Theregistering wheel la, is provided with forty teeth and the dial upon therear face of the platef, is provided with the successive numerals from Oto 39. As so constructed this cash register is capable of registeringsales aggregating from tive cents to forty-dollars and ninetyve cents.However, the instrument may be adapted to register sales ranging between'dilferent limits by changing the numerals, and the number of teeth in'the registering wheels, as will be readily understood by those skilledin theart to which my invention appertains. It may be remarked thatadditional registering wheels driven the one by the other insubstantially` the same manner that the wheelj, drives the wheel 7o, maybe employed in order to register large amounts, for instance hundreds ofdollars.

Consequently my invention is not limited to the employmentanddisposition ot the numerals above mentioned or to the utilization ot anyparticular numberof registering wheels. llowever, for the sake of afurther understanding ot my invention, a description will 4wheel jisturned manually7 into such position that thenumeral i) is visible at thewindowfl, from the interior of the upper compartment a'. This result maybe readily accomplished by means of. the hand-crank h. Similarly theregistering-Wheel lo, is brought to the zero position. This result maybe readily accomplished by opening the lid or cover and turning thetrailer or index arm 7c', manually into alignment with the numeral l,upon the rear face of the platef. A certain sum of money, for example,fifty cents in change is thenplaced inthe money drawer a5, and theamount thereof is registered by turning the hand-crank h, opposite thenumeral 50 upon the complemental dial. During this movement of thehand-crank h, the registering wheelsj and la, remain at rest and thepawlj2, rides over the teeth ofthe ratchet-Wheelj, without engagingthem.

When a 'sale has been effected, and it becomes necessary to register theamountthereof and to deposit the proceeds therefrom in the money drawer,the hand-crank h, is turned `rfrom opposite the numeral() tothe zeroposition. This movement'of the handcrank h, 'causes the pawl jl,- toengage the ratchetn wheel jf, and to rotate the latter in the directionindicated in the drawings by the arrow, thus causing the numeral 50 toappear at the window f3. This movement of the handcrankJt, also'causesthe arm t', to operate the levert', and sound the gong or bell t?, andto simultaneously release the spring-catch b, and thus permit'the springa, to.open the money-drawer. After any change that may be required hasbeen taken from the moneydrawer, the latter is closed, and the hand.-crank h, is turned opposite the numeral that indicates the amount of thejsale, for example, opposite the numeral 180, in which case the amountof the sale is one dollar and eighty cents. During this movement of thehand-crank h,'th.e catch b, is released and 1 locks the money-drawer;the bell or gongl t3, is not sounded for reasons hereinabove explained,and thepawljz, rides over the teeth 'of the ratchet-wheel withoutengaging them. When `the hand-crank h, is again returned to the zeroposition in order to open the money drawer for the reception of theAproceeds of the next sale, the pawl jg, engages the 'ratchet-wheel and'thus causes ,the registering wheelj,to be turned in such manner thatboth of the pins js, successively engage the teeth on the registeringwheel la, and

thusrotate the latter, until the trailer or inillumine.

dex-arm lo, points toward the numerall 2, on its dial, and in'suchmanner that the numeral 30, appears at the window f3. By referencektothe trailer or index arm'k, and to the window f3, it appears that thetotal amount ofl money deposited in they money drawer 'amounts to twodollars and eighty cents.-

Thegtotal amount of money deposited in may be ascertained by s'implyunlocking the l1 d or cover a4, and inspecting the numeral indlcated bythe index-arm or trailer ltr/,which indicates the number ofdollars, andalso theV 'numeral visible at the window f 3, which indiples thereof. yl

From the foregoing description it will appear that thehandcrank It,mustat all times indicate the 'amount of the last sale and that it willb e brought into contact with its back-stop -h before the money-drawercanfbe opened and another sale registered; and also that the Y bell orgong i2-is automatically sounded be` forethe,money-drawer'di, isopened.` These features of the appliance are important as ca jwell beunderstood. It will be obvious to-thoseskilled in the art .to which myinvention appertains that-modifications-maybe made in details withoutdeparting fromthe spirit thereof.'

desire to secure by Letters Patent, isl 1. The combination, in a cashregister, of a 3 5 housing provided with a compartment for theaccommodation 0f a money-.drawer and its complemental springcatch, alever having one extremity connected with ksaid catch, a secondcompartment having a lid or cover, a revoluble shaft provided with anarm in range of the free'extremity of said lever, a hand- -crank adaptedto co-operate with a dial, a registering-wheel mountedon said shaft andprovided with radial teeth or pins, pawl-andratchet connectionsinterposed between said Ahand crank and said registeringwheel, a secondregistering-wheel actuated by the radial teeth or pins of said wheelsand provided with an indicating trailer, and detents for for thepurposes set forth.

2. The combination, in a cash register, of a revoluble shaft, aregistering-wheel mounted on said shaft and provided with projectingpins orradial teeth, a hand-crank secured to said shaft and having pawland ratchet connec'tionsbetween the hub of said registeringwheel and theshank of said han'd-crank, a radial arm projecting from said shaft, asecond registering wheel mounted on a separate shaft-and both 'of saidregistering wheels controlled by spring detents, a money-drawer and itscolnplemental spring catch, an ejecting spring, a recess adapted toreceive 'the springcatch, a movable-lever having one of its extremitiesconnected' with said catch and actuated by said radial arm through theinthe motley-drawer a5, in the course of a dayv 'springend a recessedlipinthe .front'gtherefs catesuthe number of cents in tensand`inult`isaid registering wheels, substantially as andV -terventio'nIof said hand-crank, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

A 3.' The combination', insa cash-register, of a re'voluble shaft, aregistering-wheel provided with radial projecting tee-th or pins mountedand having interposedbet-Ween the hub of the registering-wheel and theshankfof the hand-crank a spring-controlledzpawl- .andratchetwheel, an'arm depending from``said shaft-,amoney-drawerhaving a r'ear ejectingof,.a spring catch disposed adjacent to said- Tecessed lipandadapted tobe, brought int'o engagement therewith, and a lever having one extremityconnected with said catch and.

controlling the same through,theintervention of .the armA dependingkfrom .said shaftand adapted'in advance of therelease of themoney-drawerto strike a mechanism disposed in -range of said' arm to sound abell,substantiallyas set forth. 4.' The c'ombi'natiomiu a cash-register, of ashaft having a' registering wheel mounted Athereon, and provided with a4depending raf dial arm, a'gong provided with a vibrating clapperand-cross-lever, a spring detent and ratchet controlled hand-crankmounted on said shaftiand adapted to actuate said radial lor projectingarm to cause said clapper to Having thus described the nature andobjects of my invention, whatlclairn as new, and

sound said gong, a money-drawer provided Yon said shaft, a hand-crankfast to said shaft with an ejecting spring inv rear thereof and ,with arecessed lip in the vfront part, a spring IOO catch, and a pivotal leveractuated by the del pending radial arm of said shaft to release saidcatch, substantially as and `for the purposes set forth.

y 5. The combination, in a cash-register, of front and back plates, arevoluble shaft having one extremity extended through the front plateand provided with an arm, a registering-wheel mounted on'said shaft andhaving its hub projecting through the front plate, a ratchet-wheelfastto said hub and a hand crank keyed to said shaft and adapted tocooperate with a dial and provided with a spring controlled detent,radial teeth projectking from said registering-wheel, a detent nor- IIOmally engaging the`reWith,a lsecond springl controlled Idetentregistering-wheel adapted to be engaged by the radial teeth of the firstregistering-wheel, a recessed lmoney .drawer provided with an ejectingspring and having.

a complemental-spring-catch, and a pivoted lever having. one extremityconnected with said catch and'at the outer extremity in range of the armofpsaid shaft, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. p

6. The combination', in a-cash-register, of a money-drawer'. and itscomplemental springcatch, al centrally p'ivoted lever having oneextremity connected with said catch, a revoluble-shaft provided with ana'rm in range of the free extremity of said lever and with a hand-crankadaptedto co-'operate' with a dial, substantially as and for thepurposes set forth.

7. 4The combinatiomin a cash-register pro- 4 50eme vided with amoney-drawer having a rear' ej ecting-spring and arecessed lip in thefront part thereof, of a spring-patch disposed'ad- Vvided with acompartment for the accommojacent to said recessed vlip and adapted tobe 5brought into engagement therewith, a lever pivoted to said catch, arevolnlole shaft provided with :a depending arm in range of the freeextremity of said lever and a hand-crank 'mounted on said shaft andcontrolling the ro-movement of registering-wheels mounted on 'separateshafts and provided with spring controlled detente, substantiallyasandfor the purposes set forth.

8. The combinatidnyin a cash-resister, of a sliding money-drawer,Yprovidedv with a rear ejecting spring, a spring-catch provided with acentrally pivoted lever having one ot its eX tremities connected withsaid catch, a revoluble shaft provided with a depending radial 2o arm inrange of the free extremity of said le- `ver, a striking mechanismprovided with a "bell or gong, registering-wheels mounted on separateshafts and one of said Wheelsiprovided with radial pins or teeth adaptedto be z5brought into engagement with the other of saidregisteringwheels,and a'springcon trolled pawl and ratchet hand-crankmounted on one of said shafts and actuating said radial or depending,rarm for releasing said money-drawer 3o after eecting the actuation ofthe striking mechanism of said bell or gong by contact of the same witha Vibrating right angular lever connected with the clapper thereof,substantiallly as and for the purposes set forth.

9. Acash-registercomprisingahousingpro dation of a money-drawer and itslocking devices and with an upper compartment having a lid or cover,front and back plates separated by distance-pieces and secured to placein the front Wall of the upper compartment by means engaging certain oftherdistauce pieces,a revoluble shaft provided with an arm for actuatingsaid locking-devices and with a handcrank co-operating with a dial andback-stop `on the front-plate,

a registeringwheel revolubly mounted on said shaft and provided Withnumerals visible' at a window in Ic -he back-plate and with radialt-eetliypaWl-andratchet connections interposed between the hand-crankand registeringwheel, a second registering-wheel actuated by said pinsorteeth and provided with a trailer eo-operat ing with a dial on thebackplane, and detents for the registeringwheels, substantially as andfor the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof' I have hereunto set my signature in the presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

JQHN S. HILLIARD.

Wit n esses THOMAS M. SMITH, RICHARD C. MAXWELL.

